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Two persons have been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, for allegedly bypassing meters installed by the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc. The accused persons, Abubakar Zakari and Pam Joseph, were apprehended on Friday. Their arrest was made known in a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications, JED Plc, Adakole […]

Two suspects, 28-year-old Shuaibu Samaila, and Bashiru Mohammed, 26, have been remanded by a Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, for alleged rape of two sisters. Their charges were criminal conspiracy and rape. Presiding judge, Yahaya Mohammed, turned down their bail application. The police prosecutor, D. Francis, had earlier told the court that […]

Jos—TWO women have been raped to death in Plateau State, even as the state’s chapter of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has appealed to the state government to address the increase in rape cases. NAWOJ, in a statement issued yesterday in Jos by its Chairman, Mrs. Jennifer Yarima, condemned the act, noting “NAWOJ in […]

When on October 25, 2016, Yusuf Gagdi, the then Deputy Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress , he thought a move like that would further consolidate his position, especially in the APC majority legislature. Gagdi represents Kantana Constituency. However, little did […]